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<DIV><FONT size=2>And your actions prove my point.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>There are probably more people like you, not just
family, who are in contact with service members serving in war zones.
Hardly forgotten.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Anyone who has been away from family and friends, especially
during holidays, knows the aching loneliness of being away. I'm sure that
feeling is greatly magnified for service members in Iraq and
Afghanistan.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I, too, have seen photos and video that haven't been
seen publicly, Tom.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>While Joel is one of my favorite artists, I think his
assesment is wrong.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=fotopro63@hotmail.com
href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">'Kai Eiselein'</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Christmas in
Falluja</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Granted I do not have
a relative serving in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>
or <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
Kai.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">However, I do
maintain regular email contacts with three service members who are serving in
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> and
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Remember the
videos I posted a while back (titled “On Duty in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>”)? Those were
sent to me by 1SG Troy Steward who was, at that time, serving with a US Army
contact team attached to an Afghan National Army unit. He is currently
assigned to the battalion I retired from (1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion,
15<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry). Although I was with this battalion in
<st1:City w:st="on">Kitzingen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>, <st1:City w:st="on">Troy</st1:City> is
serving with 1-15 just outside of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:place></st1:City>. His last email promised me
more videos, videos you will not see on television. The problem is that
1-15 Battalion S-2 will not release them until their next rotation
stateside.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The other service
members are stationed in the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Paktika</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Province</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I feel that I am
entitled to my opinion, a very developed and substantiated
opinion.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Seeya round town, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<BR><BR><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Tom
Hansen</st1:PersonName><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><BR><BR>"We're a town of about 23,000
with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in
local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale Courtney (March 28,
2007)</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Kai Eiselein<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:21
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] Christmas in
Falluja</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Its easy to take sides when you
don't have a relative serving in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Of course we want him home,
at the same time he believes in the mission and what he is doing and we have
to support him.<BR>My wife's kid brother, Chris, is "somewhere north of
<st1:place w:st="on">Bagdad</st1:place>", serving his second tour. We keep in
contact with via MySpace, email and (usually) weekly phone calls. He gets
packages from home on a regular basis, including his favorite jerky from
C&L Locker (which was kind enough to double vaccum pack it) photos and
whatever neccesities he may ask for.<BR>Forgotten? Hardly, our soldier has an
entire family supporting him, giving him whatever we can to ease
his burden so he can concentrate on doing his job and getting home
safely. I believe most other service members' families are doing the
same. <BR>It's easy to say these soldiers are forgotten, when you don't know
what's going on behind the scenes and are just taking things at face
value.<BR> <BR> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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